The Lamar Louise Curry Concert Series seeks to present captivating music in a beautiful space to the people of South Florida.  This ministry of First United Methodist Church Coral Gables is designed to provide a vital community outreach that enriches the lives of all ages— spiritually, culturally, and educationally—through music!

Dr. Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler
Concert Organist

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 • 7:30 PM

The Lamar Louise Curry Concert Series welcomes internationally acclaimed concert organist Dr. Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler to South Florida!  A native of Poland, she presents a breathtaking evening of music from Eastern Europe & the Americas, performed on the celebrated 76-rank Schantz pipe organ at First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables.

Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler (ee-LOH-nuh koo-BYAH-chik AD-ler) began serving at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, Arizona as Associate Director of Ministries in Music and Arts/Organist in January 2019. In January 2022 she was named Director of Ministries in Music and Arts/Organist. She is a concert organist, pianist, conductor, artistic director, and educator. As a performing artist she has traveled through most of Europe, and South and North America.

Before coming to Pinnacle, she served as the Director of Music Ministries at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, and the Associate Director of Music at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Phoenix.

Ilona’s most exciting professional engagements happened at the Oude Kerk, Nieuwe Kerk, Orgelpark and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Sint Laurenskerk in Alkmaar, the Issue Project Room in New York, Right Brain Rising! festival in Arizona, Musica Moderna festival in Lodz, with the US Air Force Strings at St. John’s Episcopal in Washington DC, at the Goteborg International Organ Academy in Sweden, Westfield Conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, Annual Organ Conference at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey.

Ilona worked as an Assistant Professor of Organ at the Academy of Music in Lodz in Poland, and as a Research Assistant and Faculty Associate at Arizona State University in the US. She graduated from three conservatoria: the Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland (Master of Arts), Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Master of Music), and the School of Music at Arizona State University in USA (Doctor of Musical Arts).

Her 2015 solo album Antique Sound Palette, recorded on the recently restored 1719 Hildebrandt organ in Paslek, Poland, as well as the recordings she made on the Richards & Fowkes organ at Pinnacle were featured on American Public Radio.

 Ilona is a member of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the American Choral Directors Association, and the American Guild of Organists, in which she served as the Education Chair and Board Member in the Central Arizona Chapter for 8 years.

First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables
536 Coral Way
Coral Gables, FL 33134
(305) 445-2578

Bring the music to life

Your generosity makes it possible for First Coral Gables to offer inspiring live performances. As a concert underwriter, you directly support talented artists, enrich cultural life, and keep music accessible to all.

You can support the 2025-26 series as an underwriter at these levels:

• Bronze ($100–$499)

• Silver ($500–$1,499)

• Gold ($1,500–$2,999)

• Platinum ($3,000 and above)

• Concert Sponsor: The underwriting of a concert

Take center stage as a champion of the arts! Please contact Dr. Seth Carlson, Music Director, if you are moved to support reaching out to our community through our music ministry.

Every gift, every note,
every standing ovation
begins with you.